It's the last day of the championships and giddy excitement fills the air. All the contestants are pumped. Everyone gathers around the voting dome and waits in silence.
As they file into the dome the elevators are broken one last time before the start of the games. When the timer runs out the contestants are dropped into eggs and the chickens are released.
"The Game is, Build Mart!"
A ripple of excitement runs through the crowd. Most like the game and it's amusing to watch the contestants run around trying to find blocks. Wings are allowed to be used this time as while possible to use in boats it's a bit uncomfortable.
A few seconds later the contestants are warped over to their build plots.
Moments later contestants are rushing around gathering supplies and shouting back and forth with their teams.
"Grian!" Tommy yells waving him over, "Hi, Uh I just thought you should know there's a weird corner over there. Uh, yeah, Philza got his wing stuck."
"Thanks," Grian smiles, "I'll keep it in mind."
The game continues as normal, sure a few of the fans don't like the fact Grian and Philza are allowed to fly but overall everything is going well.
Tommy runs towards his team's plot, the ground flickers for a moment before disappearing. Eyes wide Tommy jerks around trying to get his other foot back onto the solid ground.
Spotting him Grian lets himself fall a few feet before landing and pulling Tommy back onto the ice.
Grian smiles softly before nodding and flapping off.
A few minutes later something happens that makes all chaos breaks out.
Unfortunately, Grian was a little bird brain and his brain skips over the fact that there's glass. Smacking into the cube Grian squawks as he lands on the ground, the other contestants freeze.
A loud crack splits the air as Dream smacks right into the glass, "Ow," His mask has a long crack running across the middle.
Wilbur marches over, "This is why I carry the first aid kit."
"Yeah, yeah, can I have the potion?"
Handing it over Wilbur rolls his eyes, handing him the healing potions, "Here."
Seeing that the camera feeds have been cut, Dream takes his mask off and rubs his face, "That could have gone better."
Ren trots over to Grian and helps him up, "You good man?"
"It's just my ego."
Unsurprisingly the winning team is the Red Ravens, They have some absolutely amazing builders who can easily memorize block patterns. There was a mild setback with the whole glass thing, but after that everything continued as normal
.......
It's the final game, and everyone is on edge. Depending on the game it could make or break some of the leading teams.
The dome is dead silent with anticipation, all the teams slightly nervous to see the outcome. The eggs open and the contestants drop in. As the chickens are released all breaths are held to see what the game will be.
"And the last game is... THE SURVIVAL GAMES!" The announcers scream in unison.
Many contestants scream in excitement as others groan knowing there's no way they have a shot at this.
Once the buzzer rings all hell breaks loose, teams scatter in all directions. Somehow Dream is shoot out as he runs away from the middle area.
The other teams stick close together. Grian flies out of range of most of the players. Fundy manages to shoot him right out of the sky and Tommy finishes the job. Shortly after Ren gets Fundy out. The contestants that are out are sent to watch from a platform where they playfully mess around and cheer for their team.
One by one the contestants are picked off until there's only a handful left, Philza, Tommy, Techno, and False.
Shooting the Queen of hearts, Techno grins, "Now it's just us old man."
"I think you've forgotten something," Philza grins as he swings his sword up to block his blow.
"And what would that be," Techno asks as he carefully adjusts his pig mask; if this is the last fight of the game it's going to be a good one.
"Me," Tommy cackles as he swiftly drops onto his back.
"But you can't fight," Techno snarks, "You tried to kill me with the Arctic Empire business."
"Yeah, but I've learned from the best, you."
"Flattery won't get you anywhere," Techno laughs as he tosses Tommy into the fountain.
"Sure but I'm not the one you should have been watching."
"Sorry Man," Philza grins as Techno poofs into smoke.
Helping Tommy out of the fountain Philza swiftly starts fighting and even though Tommy loses his grin remains as bright as ever.
The winning team as expected is the Purple Parrots. Regardless of the fact that Dream was taken out almost immediately, Techno, Wilbur, and Finnster are still a pretty solid team.
In Second place, the Green Gazelles cheer ecstatically, they've actually got a chance to win this thing.
.......
As the contestants hug each other Techno wanders up to Tommy, "You did good," He murmurs as he messes up his hair.
Tommy beams up at him.
"Come on nerd," Techno grins as he pulls him over to the rest areas.
.....
Doc and Zedaph are wandering around in the small shopping area for the championships. Doc had wanted to grab some food and Zedaph accidentally followed after.
"Doc?" A voice echoes slightly, "That you dude?"
"Hey Mango," Doc waves at the squirrel, "Hey, Methodzz."
"Hi," The slime with the Redstone torch shoved into his head grins.
"We haven't seen you in ages," Ilmango grins his tail flicking.
Doc grins as he walks over to talk to his friends. Hooves clicking softly Zedaph follows close behind.
"Your Zedaph right?" Methodzz asks grinning, "Doc has shown us the contraptions in your base. They are super creative."
"Thank you," Zedaph bleats softly.
Ilmango grins, "So Doc, what have you been doing?"
"I made a tunnel bore... not to fancy."
"Oh, do you have something to flood the area behind?"
"No," Doc grins, "That would probably be helpful though."
As they continue chatting Zedaph fiddles with the hem of his shirt.
Looking over Doc meets his eyes, "You want to know about the velocity thing don't you."
Zedaph nods, "A little bit yeah."
"Hey Magno, have you ever tested the squirrel terminal velocity thing?"
"I have, it doesn't work for me, but I can glide like a flying squirrel can."
"Wait really?" Zedaph asks.
"Yeah, I have to wear loose clothes for it to work, otherwise I just fall."
Doc grins as they continue to chat for a while before moving back over to the hermits' box.
........
A soft knock on the door of the hermit's box draws their attention.
Xisuma walks over to the door and grins, "Hey Pungence, you looking for Bdubs?"
"Uh, yeah, is he here?"
"Dude I have said it before and I will say it again, you sound exactly like him," Tango laughs.
"I mean, that's fair. We are brothers," Pugnace grins.
"Yeah he's in here, come on in," Xisuma grins from behind his mask.
"Sleeping?" Pungence guesses.
Doc waves them over, "Yeah, he should wake up in a few minutes."
"So uh, how have you guys been?"
Xisuma shrugs, "Meh, all things considered, it's been pretty ok."
Impulse nods, "Yeah, the meteor has been pretty quiet for a while... someone will probably get affected when we get back."
"Well, that-"
"Puns?" Bdubs yawns, "What are you doing here?"
"What, I'm not allowed to see my brother?"
Now fully awake Bdubs rolls his solid green eyes, "Not what I meant and you know it."
"Yeah yeah, I heard you were over here and I wanted to say hi."
Bdubs grins, "Ha."
"How have you been?"
Puffing his breath out Bdubs shrugs, "It's just a bit stressful, I've never been the best at keeping time and I keep falling asleep in random spots."
"That doesn't sound too good."
"Not really," he agrees, "But yeah, Uh the server has a bunch of little rooms that we can sleep in."
"That's good."
"Yeah," Bdubs smiles, flashing his fangs as his tail twitches. The brothers continue to chat until the first round of dodgebolt starts.
.......
"It's come down to the moment you have all been waiting for, Dodgebolt!" One of the announcers yells.
"The final two teams are the Purple Parrots, with Technoblade, Dream, Wilbur, and Finnster. We also have the Green gazelle, with False Symmetry, CubFan, Philza, and Scott Major!"
"Both teams are incredibly talented and at the moment it's anyone's game."
As the teams drop into the pit the other contestants gather by the edges.
The arrows are dropped in and the first round begins. Both teams duck and dodge the arrows. The first hit is from Philza and Dream is out.
Techno takes a deep breath and lets an arrow fly moments later Scott is out.
Soon after False hits Wilbur out.
Cub hits Finnster out and Techno swiftly pulls back aims carefully and is shot by False.
With that, the Green Gazelles have a point.
The teammates are returned to the pit as the countdown ends and they start again, Dream grabs his bow and grins before hitting Philza out of the game only to be tagged out moments later.
False grins as she backs away from the line.
Taking careful aim Techno shoots, False ducks out of the way and Scott poofs into code.
With both arrows on the green side, it doesn't take long for Wilbur and Finnster to get out.
Seeing his team dwindling Techo sucks in a breath, Cub and False are running around making it hard for him to shoot them he lets a shot fly, and Cub poofs into code.
False scoops the arrow up, pulls back, and fires.
"That's another point for the Green Gazelles!" The announcer screams, "They need just one more point to win."
The Purple Parrots look at each other nervously. If the gazelle win one more round they're toast.
Moving fast, Dream snatches the arrow and shoots it right at Philza's chest. In a flash, he's gone.
Cub shoots at Techno and misses. Techno returns the favor and hits his target.
With only two members left False and Scott pulls back and shoot. Scott's arrow flies into Finnster. False misses her mark and a moment later both she and Scott are shot out.
As the fourth round begins the air is deathly still. The parrots have a short conversation as the arrows drop. Neither team wants to make the first move. After a moment Cub darts forwards, grabbing the arrow he fires it and Wilbur is gone.
Dream kicks into action, grabbing the arrow and shooting Cub.
False and Techno rush for the dropped arrows.
Taking careful aim False hits Finnster, Techno takes his shot, but a panicked flap from Philza's wings buffet it into a wall barely missing Scott.
With the Score of two to three, Techno and Dream are a bit apprehensive. Dream grabs his arrow and is about to shoot when Scott fires his bow and hits him right in the chest.
Techno pales slightly as he shoots False, mere seconds after she vanishes Philza takes his shot.
"THE GREEN GAZELLES HAVE WON!!!" The announcers scream in unison.
As they file onto the winner's stage False grins over to where the rest of the hermits are watching. The crowns are plopped onto their heads and the tournament is over.
........
"Uh, what! How the hell did they win?" One of the viewer's shrieks.
"Look at them, they've all got powers and stuff, no way that was a real game."
"Guys stop, just because the watchers can't do anything to help them get rid of the thing doing this to them it doesn't mean they're cheating."
The first one to talk looks at their friends, "Let's just go."
"I don't like this, but yeah, this is a dumb argument. I still think they cheated."
......
As the contestants get ready to leave the server they form into server groups and walk over to where the server warps are located.
They've changed out of team uniforms and are back in the normal outfits.
Grian is piggybacking with Ren since it's a fairly long walk back to the warp plaza. The plaza is located in the back of the viewing area. The entire back wall is covered with shimmering portals.
"That was an amazing game guys," Dream grins walking up to False and Cub.
"That it was," False replies with a knowing grin.
The contestants' mill about and chatter for a while. Promises to win next time and that the rematches will be incredible.
The younger contestants are running around in a game of ninja. Tagging each other and laughing.
"Ok, the portals are set up to take you guys home," Scott grins, "Thanks for playing."
"Dude this was flipping awesome," Hbomb grins.
As the contestants regroup with their servers a few lingering fans walk over to say hi and for autographs.
Some of them look over at the hermits, Grian flairs his wings open and waves.
The fur on Cub's tail puffs up as one of the viewers walks up to them.
Looking over Tommy walks over, "Hey Cub, Tubbo said you have a game floor on your pyramid."
"That I do," He grins, thankful for the distraction, "I have a bunch of games and I'll be adding more."
"You hermits are crazy," Tommy grins.
"That we are."
As a few more fans walk up, the contestants start to freeze up, "Those are some seriously bad vibes," Pete murmurs.
Turning towards the warp portals the hermits nod and start to walk over. The other contestants can tell that they're pretty uncomfortable so they head towards the portals with them.
Then the shouting begins.
"Freaks!"
"Cheaters!"
"Liars!"
"Monsters!"
"Abominations!"
"Unnatural!"
"Come on you have to be doing this to yourselves. No way this is unwilling," A particularly snappy deer hybrid bleats, "The watchers shut down every operation, you probably blame it on the hunk of rock or something and reset the operation."
Grian's wings flair out, and quiver softly as he brings his hands up, "Hey, Tommy, grab his hand," Ren barks softly as he grabs Grian's other hand, "Gman listen to me."
Grian blinks and flaps his wings.
Looking over at Ren, Tommy asks, "Why?"
"He's having a bit of a panic attack, He plucks his feathers if he doesn't have anything else," Ren explains as he waves iskall over, "Grab the red ball from my bag?"
Iskall nods and pulls the rubber ball out and gently hands it to Grian, "Here dude."
Grian takes the ball and clutches it with both hands, chirping softly he fluffs his wings up.
As the admins quickly ban the people screaming the remaining contestants jump through the portal. Everyone being sorted neatly onto their servers.
"Grian are you ok?" Mumbo asks, his eyes turning blue. The bird curls into his side and grabs one of the hand puzzles from inside of a barrel. The spawn room is full of hermits wanting to congratulate their friends.